ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴀʏ ʏᴇs | ᴍᴀʀᴋʜʏᴜᴄᴋ [ᴇᴅɪᴛɪɴɢ]

8.

Mark grabbed onto the handle of the cycle and jerked it out from its stand. Donghyuck, who was waiting besides him, began to clap and patted Mark on his back. "I've taught you well."

Mark scoffed and then placed the cycle in front of Donghyuck, who immediately climbed onto it. He then turned and pulled out another cycle from the stand. The two felt like exploring the nature and being cool like that, so they decided to go out cycling. They found a bike renting store nearby, and were now fully prepared for their journey.

Donghyuck had already gotten a little far away by the time Mark got onto his cycle. He fastened his pace as he realised that Mark had gotten closer to him.

The two started having a small race, without announcing it, and were right next to each other. The wind was blowing on their faces, and they both had difficulty in seeing what was ahead of them. Donghyuck felt something crawling down his neck, so he came to a sudden stop, resulting in him falling off his bike. Mark slowed down, and then turned around to stop next to Donghyuck, who was currently patting his neck and shoulder.

"I'm pretty sure I-" He then felt the crawling on his hand and pulled it to his face. It was a large spider. "AH!" He squealed, throwing his hand up and down. Mark then grabbed his arm and slapped the spider away, then proceeded to laugh at Donghyuck.

"It was just a spider." Mark said, holding his stomach as he continued to laugh. Donghyuck rolled his eyes and got back up, brushing away the dust on his jeans.

"Whatever hyung."

The two continued their journey down the road and then finally stopped when they felt their legs giving up. They sat down on a bench and decided to take a picture. Donghyuck held up his phone and tapped Mark, so that he would look up at the camera. They posed and then took the picture. Donghyuck pulled his phone close to his face and quickly wrote a small caption, before posting it.

"The fans are gonna love this." He said, putting his phone on his lap and looking up at the trees above them.

"They love everything we post." Mark chuckled, putting his arms behind his head and leaning back.

"Yeah, but more specifically-" Donghyuck sat up straight and gestured between himself and Mark, "the stuff that me and you post together."

Mark raised his eye brow and shrugged. "Maybe because we're liked by fans a lot?"

"No." Donghyuck then grabbed Mark hand, causing him to look at him, he smirked and then said, "because they ship us together Mark hyung."

For a second, Mark didn't know what he said. Ship? Why would someone want to ship them? And what kind of ship was this? Then he understood. Not ship as in the one that floats in the sea, but in fact the ship between people.

"Wait, why?" Mark then also sat up properly and turned to face Donghyuck, who was also sitting in a way to be looking directly towards him.

"Because." He shrugged, "We have good chemistry and people just love watching us together."

Mark sighed and then returned to his previous position. What would their ship name even be? Markhae? Haerk, wait what?

"It's called MarkHyuck hyung. What the hell is 'Haerk'?" Donghyuck shook his head. Mark looked at Donghyuck in confusion. How did he know what I was thinking? "You were thinking out loud, and you did it again just now."

"Oh." Mark responded, nodding and then jumping back to his feet. "I'm hungry, let's get something to eat."

☀️

The two wandered through the streets, clutching onto their cycles as they did so. They came across another small stall that looked a lot like the one they had been to a few days ago. Mark paid, again, and happily ate his chicken. Donghyuck also munched down on his chicken and pulled his phone out. The notifications began to ring again.

"Who's messaging you?" Mark asked, leaving closer to Donghyuck, trying to get a better view of Donghyuck's phone screen, but because of the sunlight, he could see anything.

"Ah, just NoRenMin." Donghyuck said, thinking Mark would understand. He saw the expression in Mark's face remain the same so he then explained. "Jeno, Renjun and Jaemin. We have a group chat for us four."

"Why'd you call them NoRenMin?" Mark asked, shifting back to his previous position.

"It's just their ship name." Donghyuck waved his hand. Why does he know so much about ships? "Because I also check out what the fans make." Donghyuck replied, rolling his eyes. "You spoke out loud again."

Mark nodded and then pulled his cycle close and threw his leg over it. "Come on, let's go." He said, already cycling away.

Donghyuck, who was half way through eating his chicken, quickly stuffed it in his mouth and followed after Mark. After a while, Donghyuck went ahead of him and laughed.

"You're cycling so slow it hurts."

Mark looked up at Donghyuck and he felt as if time stopped. He couldn't stop staring at him. His hair was bouncing cutely, and his small teeth were showing as he laughed. Donghyuck's back was towards Mark, and he felt a weird urge to protect him. He got a feeling in his heart that made him stop cycling.

He watched Donghyuck cycle further, but then stopped, when he realised Mark wasn't behind him.

"Mark hyung?" Donghyuck asked, turning around to make eye contact with him. Mark felt his face heat up, and his heart was beating faster.

What in the world is happening to me?